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The Steady Beat - Issue 25.05.2
Automate your brag doc, the PM AI balance, great managers are not always like...
The Steady Beat - Issue 25.05.1
The double coordination tax, humans in the loop, vibe officing, AI in the ent...
The Steady Beat - Issue 25.04.4
AI as a way to cut cross-team chaos, don't be a "cool" manager, a peak inside...
The Steady Beat - Issue 25.04.3
AI mandates, delegating paranoia to AI, teams are missing out, and doubling-d...
The Steady Beat - Issue 25.04.2
Creative leadership, corporate Heisenberg, AI that just works, and maybe your...
The Steady Beat - Issue 25.04.1
Special issue: a round up of the latest survey findings on the state of moder...
The Steady Beat - Issue 25.03.4
Connecting remote humans, engineers aren't feeling replacement theory, lighte...
The Steady Beat - Issue 25.03.3
Removing granular controls, rethinking data-driven management, embracing team...
The Steady Beat - Issue 25.03.2
Yes men, Pac Man, and all the vibes.
The Steady Beat - Issue 25.03.1
Cancelling tech debt, designing instead of engineering prompts, taste matters...
The Steady Beat - Issue 25.02.4
A software engineering skills check, AI as a usability testing aid, transitio...
The Steady Beat - Issue 25.02.3
1X engineers, context on a cadence, real AI ROI, designing AI responsibly, AG...
The Steady Beat - Issue 25.02.2
Tempering documentation, reclaiming trust, cognitive competence, and dealing ...
The Steady Beat - Issue 25.02.1
The cost of context switching, the coordination tax crisis, AI chat as an imp...
The Steady Beat - Issue 25.01.4
The enduring need for human software development, the pitfalls of DIY RAG sys...
The Steady Beat - Issue 25.01.3
Engineering interruptions, a Microsoft branding blunder, the latest product m...
The Steady Beat - Issue 25.01.2
Compound AI systems, must-read CS papers for developers, the fall (or not) of...
The Steady Beat - Issue 25.01.1
Humans in the loop, design leadership in the AI era, OKR theatre, and AI real...
The Steady Beat - Issue 24.12.3
Hybrid work in 2025, Pentagram leans into AI, all of the Steady product updat...
The Steady Beat - Issue 24.12.2
Meetings as art, embracing change in UX, banking tech talent, and managing hi...
The Steady Beat - Issue 24.12.1
The "great detachment", taking design queues from engineers, egoless engineer...
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